[ubuntu-art] "Start here" button

Smartboy smartboyathome at gmail.com
Fri Feb 20 05:23:47 GMT 2009


On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Saleel <svelanka at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ryan Prior wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Cory K. <coryisatm at ubuntu.com
>> <mailto:coryisatm at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     You should keep better track of the development. ;)
>>
>>     >From the SuperEarlyShouldn'tBeDoingThisIt'sTooSoonRelease thread:
>>     > I also added my start-here icon just as a placeholder 'till
>>     something
>>     > better comes along. ;)
>>
>>
>> Ah. I do vaguely remember that now, but I was shocked when I saw the
>> placeholder start showing up in mockups and screenshots.
>>
>>
>>     And where were you with the 2 or 3 other calls for a start here image?
>>
>>
>> I do not think that my submission is up to the quality of other things
>> we've seen here. However, when I started to think about how to
>> re-stimulate discussion on what "start here" image to use, I figured
>> it wouldn't hurt to show what I made. If I can get it to look more
>> "breathe"-styled, I will indeed put the 128px icon on the submissions
>> page.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
> http://www.piccdrop.com/images/1235095736.png
>
> A quick idea-purge to show what I think it should look like.
>
> --Saleel
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I did an even quicker pic based on your idea in Inkscape of that idea.
I think that making the Ubuntu logo look like that would be good, just
make it a little more like the Ubuntu logo. Anyway, here is my pic:
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2rnyerq&s=5

Smartboy



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